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PG 100-9855 t It is noted that during the intermiasion, Rev. CHARLES R, GORDON, pastor of St. Matthews AME Zion Chureh, Sewickley, Pa, who was the first to offer the use of his church when it was learned that the concert gould not be given at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, told the audience that he and hie wife received threats of physical violence, after he offered the use of his chursh.. Ys atid was concluded with the following statements: "phe mixed audience applauded when it was announced that the State Department had relaxed its restrictions on foreign travel by Paul Robeson. "The department had informed the singer and actor that he was free to travel in the Western Hemlaphere, where no passport is required, But he is still unable te go to ... Burope or elsewhere because he cannot obtain & passport. ®ve. Robeson has an offer to play several parts next summer — at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-on-Avon, England. He wants the passport so that he can take the offer, but the State Department has again demanded that he sign a non-Communist affidavit. “Somewhat different legal questions are ralsed in another passport case just taken to the United States Court of Appeals in New York--that of Corliss Lamont, lecturer and philasopher, a "In 1956 the State Department included on the regular passport form for the first time three questions about Communist party membership. When Dr. Lamont filled out his application, he left these spaces blank, Although he had previously denied party membership, he said it would violate his principles to answer such questions. "His lawyer, Leonard B. Boudin of New York, argues that there is no statutory or constitutional authority for a tgeneral inquisition! into the beliefs of the 600,000 Americans who get passports each year, = =